Congratulations to Dr. Andree-Anne Berthiaume for a picture-perfect thesis defense!! Obtaining a Ph.D. is already a major achievement. But, to do...
Read moreVasoMetrics: An ImageJ/Fiji macro to measure blood vessel diameter
With imaging being the core approach in our lab, we spend a lot of time deciding how to extract data from pictures. A task as simple as measuring...
Read moreVanessa wins NAVBO poster award
Congrats to Dr. Vanessa Coelho-Santos for winning an award for her poster at NAVBO this year! Vanessa is fascinated by brain development. The...
Read morePractical guide to live imaging of brain pericytes
We’ve written a guide to imaging and manipulation of brain pericytes using two-photon microscopy. It includes everything from how to...
Read moreStephanie Bonney receives F32 award!
Post-doctoral fellow, Stephanie Bonney, has won an F32 award from the NINDS to elucidate the role of perivascular fibroblasts in ischemic injury...
Read moreDavid Hartmann receives Distinguished Graduate Award
Recent MD/PhD Graduate, David Hartmann, has won a Distinguished Graduate Student Award from the Medical University of South Carolina. He gave a...
Read moreVanessa Receives Post-doctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association!
Congrats to Vanessa Coelho-Santos for winning a prestigious AHA fellowship for her project: Imaging Development of Brain Microvascular Networks...
Read moreVanessa and Andree-Anne Win Awards at Local Symposium!
Every year, the Seattle Children’s Research Institute holds a student and post-doc symposium to highlight the exciting and diverse research...
Read moreAn exciting visit to University of South Florida
Thanks to Jerry Breslin for an invitation to speak at the USF Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Seminar In Tampa Bay, Florida. A wonderful...
Read moreNew Review on Development of Brain Vasculature!
The brain is a needy organ. It needs a constant flow of fresh, oxygenated blood. Remarkably, the brain establishes an intricate microvascular...
Read moreSummer Time in the City!
A busy lab this summer! The lab welcomes new post-doctoral fellow Dr. Stephanie Bonney, a recent grad of Prof. Julie Siegenthaler at U. Colorado...
Read moreLab receives pilot grant to image pericytes in white matter
In the metropolis that is our brain, the gray matter represents the buildings, and the white matter represents the wires that connect them all...
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